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1876 Nebraska governor election

Silas Garber (Republican) beat Paren England (Democrat) in Nebraska in 1876, 61.2% to 33.0%, a margin of 28.2 points and 14,728 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1874, when Silas Garber also won.

Republicans led in 50 of the 59 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 8 and other candidates in 1. The largest, Douglas, cast 4,688 votes and went to the Republican by 2.0 points. The closest was Lincoln, where 9 votes separated the top two.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Silas Garber won Republican 31,947 61.2%
Paren England Democratic 17,219 33.0%
Jonathan F. Gardner Greenback 3,022 5.8%
All other candidates 36 0.1%
Total52,224

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 2,240 47.8% 2,335 49.8% 113 4,688 R+2.0
Lancaster 625 21.4% 1,977 67.8% 314 2,916 R+46.4
Richardson 959 38.3% 1,250 49.9% 297 2,506 R+11.6
Cass 902 37.1% 1,373 56.5% 154 2,429 R+19.4
Otoe 1,065 45.0% 1,285 54.3% 17 2,367 R+9.3
Dodge 953 48.6% 991 50.6% 15 1,959 R+1.9
Saline 465 24.1% 1,051 54.4% 416 1,932 R+30.3
Saunders 496 25.8% 1,092 56.8% 335 1,923 R+31.0
Nemaha 595 33.8% 1,080 61.3% 86 1,761 R+27.5
Seward 326 22.5% 906 62.6% 216 1,448 R+40.1
Washington 463 32.0% 977 67.5% 8 1,448 R+35.5
Clay 338 24.0% 1,067 75.8% 2 1,407 R+51.8
Gage 248 20.2% 769 62.7% 210 1,227 R+42.5
York 294 24.2% 913 75.1% 8 1,215 R+50.9
Fillmore 251 21.4% 842 71.9% 78 1,171 R+50.5
Johnson 375 34.4% 701 64.4% 13 1,089 R+29.9
Platte 535 50.4% 513 48.3% 14 1,062 D+2.1
Hall 292 28.4% 726 70.6% 10 1,028 R+42.2
Butler 412 40.3% 592 57.9% 18 1,022 R+17.6
Burt 310 31.0% 684 68.5% 5 999 R+37.4
Adams 205 20.9% 766 78.0% 11 982 R+57.1
Pawnee 151 15.7% 731 75.9% 81 963 R+60.2
Colfax 460 49.1% 471 50.3% 6 937 R+1.2
Cuming 494 54.7% 409 45.3% 903 D+9.4
Jefferson 135 15.5% 527 60.6% 208 870 R+45.1
Sarpy 420 48.5% 391 45.2% 55 866 D+3.3
Hamilton 23 2.9% 622 77.8% 155 800 R+74.9
Merrick 205 26.4% 565 72.8% 6 776 R+46.4
Madison 295 42.8% 370 53.6% 25 690 R+10.9
Dixon 294 44.2% 367 55.2% 4 665 R+11.0
Buffalo 162 24.9% 489 75.1% 651 R+50.2
Polk 79 12.5% 548 86.6% 6 633 R+74.1
Webster 97 15.3% 525 82.9% 11 633 R+67.6
Thayer 118 20.6% 399 69.8% 55 572 R+49.1
Franklin 155 29.9% 361 69.6% 3 519 R+39.7
Lincoln 240 49.1% 249 50.9% 489 R+1.8
Harlan 111 24.2% 342 74.7% 5 458 R+50.4
Cedar 288 66.1% 144 33.0% 4 436 D+33.0
Howard 101 24.9% 304 75.1% 405 R+50.1
Nuckolls 101 32.5% 197 63.3% 13 311 R+30.9
Boone 44 14.2% 263 85.1% 2 309 R+70.9
Cheyenne 200 66.0% 103 34.0% 303 D+32.0
Antelope 66 24.1% 207 75.5% 1 274 R+51.5
Furnas 65 23.9% 202 74.3% 5 272 R+50.4
Knox 50 18.8% 216 81.2% 266 R+62.4
Stanton 133 51.0% 123 47.1% 5 261 D+3.8
Dawson 74 29.5% 174 69.3% 3 251 R+39.8
Kearney 44 19.0% 184 79.7% 3 231 R+60.6
Valley 6 3.2% 184 96.8% 190 R+93.7
Pierce 100 83.3% 20 16.7% 120 D+66.7
Red Willow 18 17.6% 83 81.4% 1 102 R+63.7
Sherman 36 37.5% 60 62.5% 96 R+25.0
Holt 13 15.3% 22 25.9% 50 85 Others
Phelps 8 10.0% 61 76.3% 11 80 R+66.3
Keith 55 77.5% 16 22.5% 71 D+54.9
Wayne 12 19.4% 50 80.6% 62 R+61.3
Greeley 2 4.9% 39 95.1% 41 R+90.2
Gosper 9 28.1% 23 71.9% 32 R+43.8
Hitchcock 6 27.3% 16 72.7% 22 R+45.5

Counties as they stood in 1876; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Nebraska governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Jim Pillen (R) R+23.2
2018 Pete Ricketts (R) R+18.0
2014 Pete Ricketts (R) R+17.9
2010 Dave Heineman (R) R+47.8
2006 Dave Heineman (R) R+48.9
2002 Mike Johanns (R) R+41.2
1998 Mike Johanns (R) R+7.9
1994 Earl Nelson (D) D+47.5
1990 Earl Nelson (D) D+0.7
1986 Kay Orr (R) R+5.9
1982 Bob Kerrey (D) D+1.3
1978 Charles Thone (R) R+11.9
1974 J. James Exon (D) D+23.8
1970 J. James Exon (D) D+10.1
1966 Norbert T. Tiemann (R) R+23.1
1964 Frank B. Morrison (D) D+20.1
1962 Frank B. Morrison (D) D+4.5
1960 Frank B. Morrison (D) D+4.0
1958 Ralph G. Brooks (D) D+0.4
1956 Victor Anderson (R) R+14.1
1954 Victor E. Anderson (R) R+20.6
1952 Robert B. Crosby (R) R+22.9
1950 Val Peterson (R) R+9.9
1948 Val Peterson (R) R+20.1
1946 Val Peterson (R) R+31.0
1944 Dwight Griswold (R) R+52.2
1942 Dwight Griswold (R) R+49.7
1940 Dwight Griswold (R) R+21.7
1938 Robert L. Cochran (D) D+3.4
1936 Robert L. Cochran (D) D+12.8
1934 Robert L. Cochran (D) D+3.1
1932 Charles W. Bryan (D) D+6.2
1930 Charles W. Bryan (D) D+1.5
1928 Arthur J. Weaver (R) R+14.3
1926 Adam McMullen (R) R+0.8
1924 Adam McMullen (R) R+10.1
1922 Charles W. Bryan (D) D+12.7
1920 Samuel R. McKelvie (R) R+5.9
1918 Samuel R. McKelvie (R) R+10.5
1916 Keith Neville (D) D+2.3
1914 John H. Morehead (D) D+7.9
1912 John H. Morehead (D) D+3.9
1910 Chester H. Aldrich (R) R+6.5
1908 Ashton C. Shallenberger (D) D+2.6
1906 George L. Sheldon (R) R+6.8
1904 John H. Mickey (R) R+4.1
1902 John H. Mickey (R) R+2.8
1900 Charles Henry Dietrich (R) R+48.9
1898 William A. Poynter (other)
1896 Silas A. Holcomb (other)
1894 Silas A. Holcomb (other)
1892 Lorenzo Crounse (R) R+17.3
1890 James E. Boyd (D) D+1.1
1888 John M. Thayer (R) R+9.1
1886 John M. Thayer (R) R+16.9
1884 James W. Dawes (R) R+11.4
1882 James W. Dawes (R) R+16.8
1880 Albinus Nance (R) R+31.0
1878 Albinus Nance (R) R+30.5
1876 Silas Garber (R) R+28.2
1874 Silas Garber (R) R+35.0
1872 Robert W. Furnas (R) R+19.0
1870 David Butler (R) R+12.5
1868 David Butler (R) R+14.9
1866 David Butler (R) R+1.8